Ok. . . quick catch up. . .
Monday I worked in the office. Not too busy of a day. Painted some in the youth game room and got things ready for the Junior Youth Christmas party. Monday night after tea I Lynsey came and picked me up for a sleepover. Spent the evening watching TV with her and her brother.
The next day (after sleeping in) we went out for a delicious breakfast! However thanks to the shots of wheatgrass Stephen made for us earlier. . . and the all the vitamins we took to help with our colds - we both weren't feeling too well by the time our food arrived :( Still we enjoyed a lovely morning together :) Ran a ton of errands that afternoon - getting me ready to head back to the States and her to California in January. That night we went to her church for a prayer meeting that was really good - so glad we went! Then finished our night at Tescos buying last min things I needed for the Christmas party.
On Wednesday I worked all day in the office - painting majority of the time. (The youth game room needed to be finished for Thursday night) Had prayer meeting that night at JCC - and then back to Sue's for our cooking show which I have become quite fond of (Unfortunately I realized I will miss the last 3 episodes!!)
Thursday turned out to be a busy day. . . borderline stressful. Had the wee hours of the morning off - but then worked on the Christmas party before heading to the Clarion for a staff Christmas lunch. Immediately headed to the church from there to get ready for the Junior Youth Christmas party! Craziness - but SO MUCH FUN! Games - Pin the nose on Rudolph, Find the yellow snow, Winter BINGO, and more! Hot Chocolate, snacks, and a gift exchange! Their highlight was definitely snow mountain (made from a stack of paper that I shredded) - by the end of the night. . . after 30 mins of "snowball fights" the sanctuary was COVERED! Ha but they had a blast. MY highlight was definitely the gift exchange. We were at the end of our white elephant gift exchange. One child left to go...one present left under the tree - she chose though to steal a present instead of picking the one underneath the tree. . . then that kid stole a present. . . and this went on for about 3 more kids (I was worried we'd never finish) when finally one girl said "Ok, I'm curious to what's in the last present;" so she took it - thus ending our gift exchange. John (7 years and one of my favorites) looked on anxiously as she opened the overly taped gift . . . as this was the gift he brought. A look of confusion crossed her face once opened. "What is this?" she finally asked him after several suggestions of what it wasn't were said. (The thing was a ball made out of what looked like strings of dried play-doh) He smiled and proudly replied. "I don't know. I just found it under my bed!" Ahahaha I couldn't stop laughing! Such a boy! The older youth party was good too. Couldn't ask for a better night :)
Today I've been hard at work in the office, finishing up little things here and there. Heading into town shortly to get some last minute shopping done. Meeting up with one of my Street Reach girls. . . should be fun! And then tonight I have my last Street Reach. . . gonna be hard to say goodbye to everyone - but I know I'll be back soon enough :)
Have a wonderful Friday everybody!!! Hard to believe I'll be home in less than a week!!! Gosh been 4 months today actually. . . crazy!
-J
PS: Meet Moses. The kids found him in Sunday school the week I was teaching and I made the mistake saying I'd keep him (instead of putting it back outside) Benjamin named him after our lesson for the day - too cute. He has now been in my office 2 weeks. . . don't know whats gonna happen to him when I leave but man. . . having a pet caterpillar is exhausting - I didn't even need to feed my guinea pig this much!
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